The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-02


Ewersa sadly. Hook ~ You "a break mis-
70 hne Good God. j cHnHiN
fW'han yuu known broke qrl, qhi
send at Dnno ana hRyp ili5n 1i9ls.ial m tIqH
can ynn leave him ~ ths9 cold Eaterl sun
kpowi Oh. any littlb oarli oh, pnar
For answer he raised me from the baueh
and qtiiatlv led mn from the room, up the
ancient staircase, fhen along Z galieryt
Presently Nc stoppod At door Oh Fad
beBt look pt him, he said; then yen VII
see hos calmly h8 sleeps.
lie opened the doOr and led lnp intq
small bedroom. q Wtlite and hlppa &c
HtDod together heside the snowy Little bed
With hand thHa FisihlF irgnbaee ne 1nlsea
The white coypllet ihat hid HoInetAlns. lhe
child, There 9e lay chin anq Still, ms
natural 9nrls falling upon the pillow.
.Eisa kn9Fs igthinF yet : sac tle ,ig1hlsIi
90 awful calm about it. Wal you w g her
/ asssniad II bewildered way. Had
ihouRhb Tor the elly hgd the rusy ilpab Which
the setting SUB leRvuB beninl, Aid y WAS not
lJuasihle 10 imagine that the peaceful EiEtle
form had iust seen had been recently ih tho
an daEed, Mr. OoninghaH, y faliofea,
a. he led me through one gallery alter an
other tOwerQ the west W4pG. Tell me, v ben
did see little CarlZip the lake, and where
dc afood still fora nlpmaui, regarding me
sadly.
answered. with ttemqr in Lis voice. He
Wasfound and brought b 81 ] 9 thiHlnorning,
when ypu we're still in London You uinst
have imagined you saw him, after the ehQek
Of being told ct the aegiaent.n
7 saw no one to tell me, 1 protested, for
] was absolutely certain about what had hap
pened; it was the time that puzzled me- I
eRw np one Till after, when j turned rpNnd:
then ! 4, raw Elsa looElpg " ne Did this
A servant approached rs. q fhiuk Mrs..
COninRhAm Is about 70 wake, she said. We
went ~ once to her room. AS We were on.
tering, Mr. Oopinghsm told me that ahs had
time # had lasted thraaeh he niEht and
DAY. AZ this was told to ms knew that nj
VISION Of the child and his mother was what
people cell supernatural, j could not help re.
calling listle Garlic words at EeFInatt Nam.
me- and ! ANAL die togesher.n
Elsa was lying upon her white pillows when
Tye entaredi her dpskg hair sweeping them
mouth smiling. She extended hand % easiii
OF us. Never had seen her with that rAdi-
nntly happy e1pressi0 n--sif She only knew Oi
thai .White-robed little figure had inst seen.
what agony she would HutiGri But then ]
fenpmbered she was not as other Wumeh--it
might be that She knew. A moment moro
and was sure she did.
'3Jesns. called Little child 10 Kim, = she
her beautiful face. MY husband, = she
then said, b0ndinE loving look upon him,
a shall not be different from others there:
qhal be only, spirit then, and two wofldi
will NOT contest for my soul et0Od-bg, my
husband. Good-by, 5q8n.H
Twas all over then; Little Dafl7s W0rds had
come true. The local paper STYLED GBrlis
death from drowning an instance az THE care
lessness OF superior servants II spoke a
the death of the.childs mother as one from
shock. The world Of print knew nothing q
the s5IA5lge reality Ut the tragedy. 4 any.
self did not obtain much more information
than have already given, for Mr.. Coming.
ham Biut up the hall and went 10 the East al
soon aR the last Rad duties were PER.
I IT,csl so'lia fr p9s QUESTION hlla q
teersa. Else had from childhood been sub.
lect to strange sleeps, durings which shl
was seen By friends in other places. She was
mueh pRiued by this as she Thought 1t ain
sled per out and separated her from the rest
OF the world. Then her child had been bern,
ADD ter that the uneannF part OF her ma
tnre grew Hbaee. She would describe to her
husband scenes Which were being enacted q
hundred miles away. Tho child shared III.
snd seemed to red his mothers every
! Thought
Nov that Elsa Cunningham was really seen
where her body was not / bad proof enough
an HermAtt TO have 5Atlgfied most people, IL
was 90 widely confirmed. But by what power
could she--for ] cannot but attribute tbs
she show me that vision in the lak61 had
come 70 believe that she could see and know
what others did not; but that abe should be
able 70 compel my steps 10 tine lake and show
me the wrath Of q past event, and lttlais al
she lay Ia her bed tended BY an old ser want
this IL, and ever must be, inexplieGble
have never had any other Huperpntural
experience; don't think I ever shall, And
even this may be natural in the light 81
science, Be 1t as IT may. II has left no YER.
rOEs behind to haunt me. Elsa's face was e
aivinely happy as she passed from Us, and
the Little one in his white crib looked 81
much at peace.
4 look forward to meeting the gentle
mother and her beautiful child some day-.in
that day when my own divided life alfall find
its other hall. .-Belgragiq.